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THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1978
ONE MAIL DELIVERY ON PUBLIC HOLIDAY
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THE POST OFFICE ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT THERE WILL BE ONLY ONE DELIVERY OF MAIL ON MONDAY (AUGUST 28) WHICH IS A PUBLIC HOLIDAY.
ON THAT DAY, 32 POST OFFICES ON HONG KONG, IN KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES WILL OPEN FOR BUSINESS FROM 9 A.M. TO NOON.
ALL OTHER POST OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED ON THAT DAY.
POLICE OFFICERS VISIT P.W.D. TRAFFIC CONTROL CENTRE
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A GROUP OF POLICE STATION SERGEANTS TODAY TOURED THE AREA TRAFFIC CONTROL CENTRE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT'S HIGHWAYS OFFICE TO SEE HOW THE COMPUTERISED TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM OPERATES.
THE VISIT WAS ONE OF A SERIES ORGANISED FOR THE POLICE FORCE AND THE LAST GROUP VISIT TOOK PLACE ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO.
DURING THE IR VISIT TODAY, THE POLICE OFFICERS WERE BRIEFED BY MR. BRIAN CARTER, ENGINEER (TRAFFIC OPERATIONS). THEY ALSO SAW A 15-MINUTE COLOUR FILM ENTITLED +TRANSYT+ WHICH EXPLAINS THE COMPUTER PROGRAMME CALCULATING SIGNAL TIMING.
THE FULLY COMPUTERISED TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM AIMS TO BEAT CONGESTION IN THE BUSY WEST KOWLOON AREA. IT WAS DESIGNED BY A TEAM OF P.W.D. ENGINEERS WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE U.K. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT.
THE SYSTEM BRINGS MORE THAN 100 TRAFFIC SIGNALS ALONG THE MAIN THOROUGHFARES OF SHAM SHUI PO, MONG KOK, YAU MA TEI AND PARTS OF TSIM SHA TSUI UNDER THE CONTROL OF TWO COMPUTERS HOUSED IN THE CENTRE IN THE KOWLOON GOVERNMENT OFFICES.
FROM DATA ON TRAFFIC FLOW AND CONGESTION FED THROUGH A SERIES OF VEHICLE DETECTORS TO THE CONTROL ROOM IMMEDIATE ACTION CAN BE TAKEN TO CHANGE TRAFFIC PLANS TO SUIT PREVAILING CONDITIONS.
+AN EVALUATION STUDY CARRIED OUT RECENTLY INDICATES THAT BY USING THE COMPUTER TO CONTROL TRAFFIC SIGNALS JOURNEY TIME WAS REDUCED BY ABOUT 30 PER CENT,+ MR. CARTER SAID.
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